Message #73860

[gee4]

I completed a bi-lingual secretarial course at college after my A Levels.  My main languages were French and Spanish, however at school I also studied German and Italian.

Being able to speak another language has come in useful in both my working and personal life.

I think it's not only useful but practical.  After all, we expect others to speak English when in our country so why shouldn't we be able to converse while in their's?

There's nothing more satisfying than being able to converse with others in their native language while on holiday, or translate some information which I had to do recently in work.

My company is French-owned so very often we receive info via email which is not always translated into English.  We received an update to the travel policy regarding visas, which I translated for my boss and those in my department who travel on business.

I have to say, a lot of employees in my company speak more than one language and these days it is important from a business perspective.